Tag: roots

Best of OP – Great “Grass Farmers” Grow Roots

If you go to enough workshops about grazing, you’re bound to see an illustration that shows how biting off the tops of plants impacts their roots, and how if you graze short enough, the plant won’t have enough roots to rebound and produce more leafy material. In fact, if you’ve been with us at On […]

Carbohydrate Reserve Theory: What You Learned Might Be Wrong

The authors start with four pieces of information that put the role of carbohydrate reserves into question. Then they share ideas for good grazing to work well with plant physiology. Chad Reid, Agricultural and Natural Resources Agent Iron County, Utah co-authored this piece with Beth. For years, managers used the carbohydrate reserve theory to decide when […]